Beauty colleges provide instruction in several areas that pertain to staying attractive. These include courses in hair care, styling and maintenance. In Fresno, Federico Career Colleges, which specializes in training a student who wishes to work in a spa, salon or barber shop, Lyles Colleges of Beauty and Manchester Beauty College are all available to the aspiring student.
Paul Mitchell beauty schools train students in hair care and other areas of beauty and cosmetology. However, the school also has a network of nearly 100,000 salons in 81 countries. This network, along with the highly respected Paul Mitchell name, will help the student find work once the course work is completed, according to Paul Mitchell, the school. The hairdressing program follows three phases, referred to as core, adaptive and creative. These phases take the student from the basics to advanced hairdressing and chemistry instruction.
A vocational institute focuses on teaching hair and nail care within a year to allow the student to begin earning a living as quickly as possible. Fresno has institutes such as the Permanent Make-up and Vocational Institute and the Princess Institute of Beauty for the hair-dressing student to choose from.
The student must pass an exam, much like a hairdresser, in order to be licensed to cut hair. The primary difference between a barber college and cosmetology school is that a barber college is primarily dedicated to men's hair styling and cutting. In Fresno, an institution simply named "Barber College" is located at the Fulton Mall.